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Linear Formula:
C6H4-1,2-[CO2(CH2)3CH3]2
CAS Number:
84-74-2
Molecular Weight:
278.34
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1914064
EC Number:
201-557-4
MDL number:
MFCD00009441
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
329751658
NACRES:
NA.24
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grade

certified reference material
TraceCERT®

Quality Level

300

vapor density

9.6 (vs air)

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 147 °C)

autoignition temp.

756 °F

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

expl. lim.

0.47 %, 236 °F

manufacturer/tradename

Manufactured by: Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Switzerland

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.492 (lit.)

bp

340 °C (lit.)

mp

−35 °C (lit.)

density

1.043 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
environmental
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

CCCCOC(=O)c1ccccc1C(=O)OCCCC

InChI

1S/C16H22O4/c1-3-5-11-19-15(17)13-9-7-8-10-14(13)16(18)20-12-6-4-2/h7-10H,3-6,11-12H2,1-2H3

InChI key

DOIRQSBPFJWKBE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Dibutyl phthalate [DBP] belongs to dialkyl phthalate group. It is a petrochemical which is mostly used as plasticizer or sometimes as a solvent in industries. DBP can be naturally isolated from plants, marine algae, bacteria, and fungi.
This certified reference material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 17034. This CRM is traceable to primary material from an NMI, e.g. NIST or NMIJ.
Certified content by quantitative NMR incl. uncertainty and expiry date are given on the certificate.
Download your certificate at: http://www.sigma-aldrich.com.
This substance is listed on the positive list of the EU regulation 10/2011 for plastics intended to come into contact with food. Find all available reference materials for compounds listed in 10/2011 here

Application

It was used as spiking compound for analyzing the effect of phosphoric acid during hydrolysis of monoester metabolites and also to study the effectiveness of gamma ray irradiation on deactivating the serum enzymes using HPLC-ESI-MS-MS.
Plasticizer
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Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

Legal Information

TraceCERT is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

pictograms

Health hazardEnvironment
GHS08,GHS09

signalword

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Repr. 1B

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

367.7 °F - open cup

flash_point_c

186.5 °C - open cup

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